Free Online Quiz - Snake Identification (Advanced)

Snake Identification Quiz

Advanced Level

(20 Questions across all species, with more comparisons, and a focus on scientific names.)

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Q198: What species of snake is this?

Common Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Natal Black Snake (Macrelaps microlepidotus)

Bibron’s Stiletto Snake (Atractaspis bibronii)

Highveld Garter Snake (Elaspoidea sundevallii media)

Q125: What species of snake is this?

from Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal.

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)

Forest Cobra (Naja subfulva)

Q65: What species of snake is this?

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

Karoo Whip Snake (Psammophis notostictus)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Spotted Harlequin Snake (Homoroselaps lacteus)

Q38: What species of snake is this?

from Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal.

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)

Q157: Which of these snakes are harmless to humans?

(Philothamnus hoplogaster), Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal.

From Simunye, Swaziland.

showing the characteristic scale clearly visible on the front of the snout.

Q47: What species of snake is this?

From Caprivi, Namibia.

Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus)

Rhombic Egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Q227: What species of snake is this?

Bitis armata

Bitis atropos

Bitis rubida

Bitis inornata

Q140: What species of snake is this?

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Common Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Variegated Slug-Eater (Duberria variegata)

Common Slug-Eater (Duberria lutrix)

Q150: Which of these snakes are dangerously venomous?

From Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal.

from Mtubatuba KwaZulu-Natal.

Q112: What species of snake is this?

Olive Grass Snake (Psammophis mossambicus)

Short-Snouted Grass Snake (Psammophis brevirostris)

Western Yellow-Bellied Sand Snake (Psammophis subtaeniatus)

Cross-Marked Sand Snake (Psammophis crucifer)

Q230: What species of snake is this?

Psammophylax rhombeatus

Lycophidion capense

Lycophidion pygmaeum

Lamprophis guttatus

Q100: What species of snake is this?

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)

Brown Forest Cobra (Naja subfulva)

Q85: What species of snake is this?

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Common Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Bibron’s Stiletto Snake (Atractaspis bibronii)

Q192: What species of snake is this?

Fisk’s House Snake (Lamprophis fiskii)

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

Rhombic Egg-Eater (Dasypeltis scabra scabra)

Spotted Rock Snake (Lamprophis guttatus)

Q70: What species of snake is this?

Common Slug-Eater (Duberria lutrix lutrix)

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Karoo Sand Snake (Psammophis notostictus)

Common Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Q138: What species of snake is this?

Psammophylax tritaeniatus

Homoroselaps dorsalis

Psammophis crucifer

Psammophis notostictus

Q166: What species of snake is this?

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Anchieta’s Cobra (Naja anchieta)

Brown Forest Cobra (Naja subfulva)

Q113: What species of snake is this?

Olive Grass Snake (Psammophis mossambicus)

Western Yellow-Bellied Sand Snake (Psammophis subtaeniatus)

Cross-Marked Sand Snake (Psammophis crucifer)

Short-Snouted Grass Snake (Psammophis brevirostris)

Q162: Which of these is a Puff Adder?

From Port Nolloth, Northern Cape.

from West Coast National Park, Western Cape.

Q132: What species of snake is this?

From KwaZulu-Natal.

Psammophylax rhombeatus

Dasypeltis scabra

Psammophis notostictus

Lamprophis guttatus

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